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The Pro-Trade Bias of Offshoring
(2021-09)Technological advance and improvements in communication technologies have facilitated the offshoring of jobs worldwide, where a typical scene following the supply chain involves developing countries importing finished ... -
Efficiency and Equity in a Society-Economy Integrated Model
(2021-08-06)A model that only focuses on economic relations, and in which efficiency and equity are defined in terms of resource allocation may miss an important part of the picture. We propose an integrated model that embeds economic ... -
Child Morality and Indoor Air Pollution
(2021-07-15)How serious is indoor air pollution (IAP) a mortality threat to young children? This paper estimates the causal effect of cooking fuel choice – a predominant cause of IAP – on infant mortality in India (1992-2016), where ... -
On the Triggers of Hazardous Border Crossing:: Evidence from the US-Mexican Border
(2021-03)We study the self-selection of migrants at crossing locations along the Mexican-U.S. border distinguished by stark differences in physiography and border enforcement intensities. We model the triggers of hazardous ... -
When Distance Drives Distination, Towns can Stimulate Development
(2021-02-05)While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants ... -
Social Externalities and Economic Analysis
(2020-08-06)This paper considers and assesses the concept of social externalities through human interdependence, in relation to the economic analysis of externalities in the tradition of Pigou and Arrow, including the analysis of the ... -
Meet the New Normal, Same as the Old Normal: The State-Market Balance and Economic Policy Debates after the Pandemic
(2020-12-07)What will happen to economic policy debates after the Pandemic? The majority view seems to be that nothing will ever be the same again. A new normal will be upon us. A combination of prediction and hope points to a major ... -
Economic Inequality and Academic Freedom
(2020-08-05)The term academic freedom these days invokes controversies on freedom of speech, de-platforming and cancel culture. These are important debates but they are not the focus of this essay, for the simple reason that they are ... -
COVID-19 Impact on Fruit and Vegetable Markets: One Year Later
(2021-03)More than one year after the outbreak of COVID-19, fruit and vegetable markets continue to adjust to the evolving landscape. In this article, we focus on three key measures of input and output market performance that serve ...
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